The ghost of Christmas past is hanging around in my garden in August. It's taking the form of the faded sepals of a flower on Helleborus niger, the Christmas Rose. The Christmas Rose, once the …
The Calendar Says…The Garden Says…
The calendar says... Oops, both of the wall calendars in my house said it was still July. Who forgot to flip them over to August? Oops, I'm the one who forgot, but I flipped them to August …
Garden Fairies Report on Potato Harvest
Garden fairies here! We are garden fairies and we are going to report on Carol's potato harvest. Now, we know you are looking at the picture and thinking—rightly so—that those are begonias and …
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Good Table Manners!
My compliments to the rabbit who ate the leaves on this violet by my patio. See how neatly they ate all the leaves down to the same level? I don't think I could have pruned it any better than that, …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – August 2023
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for August 2023. Here in my USDA hardiness zone 6a garden in central Indiana, the first half of August has brought nearly four inches of rain, give or take, …
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The Solitary Summer by Elizabeth von Arnim
I was scrolling through my Kindle, looking for the next book to read, and up popped The Solitary Summer by Elizabeth von Arnim (1899). You remember Elizabeth, don't you? She's mostly known for …
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